The protection and respect of the cultural heritage and diversity of host countries by United Nations peacekeeping operations: lessons learnt from Mali

• Autores: Félix Vacas Fernández
• Localización: Peacekeeping: global perspectives, challenges and impacts / coord. por Pablo Antonio Fernández Sánchez, 2018, ISBN 9781536134315, págs. 309-331
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Since the destruction of cultural heritage is a main target in identity armed conflicts to produce cultural cleansing, there is a growing consensus in the International Community on the protection and respect of cultural diversity and the promotion of cultural pluralism. As recent experiences in the field -mainly the United Nations Mission in Mali- have shown, the closest possible cooperation between the United Nations and UNESCO to incorporate the protection and respect of culture into humanitarian action, security strategies and peace-building processes through UN peacekeeping operations is essential: Both on underlining the role of peacekeeping operations on the protection of cultural heritage and diversity and on enhancing the respect of cultural heritage by peacekeeping operations themselves.